Interesting facts about giant pandas!

Fact #1- Pandas rely on spatial memory, not visual memory.im

Fact #2 - Of all the members of the bear family, only sloth bears have longer tails than pandas.

Fact #3 - A panda’s paw has six digits – five fingers and an opposable pseudo-thumb (actually an enlarged wrist bone) it uses merely to hold bamboo while eating.

Fact #4 - The first panda came to the United States in 1936 – a cub to a zoo in Chicago. It took another 50 years before the States would see another.

Fact #5 - Approximately 99 percent of a panda’s diet – bamboo leaves and shoots.

Fact #6 - There are only about one thousand giant pandas left in western China.

Fact #7 - Scientific Name: Ailurus fulgens styani

Fact #8 -Pandas can't go without food for 5-6 hours.

Fact #9 -  Giant Pandas sit or lie down when they eat.

Fact #10 - Giant Panda mothers are 900 times bigger than their newborn cubs.